Systems Analysis and Design Concepts

1. Describe three approaches to organizing programming teams. For what types of projects or development activities is each approach best suited?

2. How does implementing a maintenance change differ from a new system development project?

3. List and briefly describe implementation phase QA activities other than software testing. What is the effect on software testing of not performing non-testing QA activities?

4. Briefly describe direct, parallel, and phased installation. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each installation approach?

Solution Summary

This MS Word Document answers four questions surrounding the following IT areas; approaches to organizing programming teams, comparing a maintenance change to a new system development project, discussing the implementation phase QA (Quality Assurance) activities and describing some of different system installation approaches.